I looked in my swim bag and realized that I had several types of hand paddles from the same company, Finis. Among other paddles in my bag, I have Finis' Agility, Freestyler, and Forearm Fulcrum models. Why do I have different kinds, and what are the different kinds of Finis hand paddles used for in a swim workout?

This swim workout uses 50s, 100s, and 200s to give swimmers work on all strokes and turns for an individual medley. When you swim this IM workout, think about the stroke and think about the turns!

200s are right in the middle for middle distance swimmers, so using them for a swim workout makes sense. This swim workout uses 200s in a 3-1, 2-2, 1-3 pattern to push you from easier to harder swimming.

This swim workout is actually a kick workout. The focus is on your legs. Any type of kick is fine, any mix of kicking is fine (back, breast, fly, free, etc.), but there is a lot of kicking in this workout. You should be ready for it.

This swim workout is focused on the back half of each set. The main part of the swim workout is a series of swims that get short and then long again. Your goal is to control your speed and effort on the first swim, and then while still under control(!), pick up the speed for the second swim of the same distance.